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# Staff Data Engineer at Self Financial

- **Company:** Self Financial
- **Location:** Austin, TX
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-06-08
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/selffinancial/jobs/6016500004

## Job description

Self Financial is a venture-backed, high-growth FinTech company with a mission to increase economic inclusion and financial resilience by empowering people to build credit and build savings.

We're looking for people who share our passion and are driven to tackle challenges, find solutions and make the financial space better for the communities we serve.

Our team is passionate about challenging the status quo of the credit industry by providing people accessible tools to take control of their credit. Executing on our mission requires deep collaboration across our teams to ensure our products reach the people who can benefit from them the most, particularly the 100 million+ Americans who have no or low credit.

About the Role:

As our Staff Data Engineer, you will be responsible for organizing plans that drive outcomes and making a direct impact on our mission. We want you to provide technical leadership to your teammates through coaching and mentorship, and collaborate cross-functionally to implement impactful improvements to our product.

As part of the Self Financial Data Engineering Team, your role will be to ensure that data remains a strategic asset for Self Financial by delivering timely, high-quality, and purpose-built data to our team members. Our team supports Self Financial's internal Analytics, Machine Learning, and Business Intelligence organizations.

What you will do:

- Operates as part of a cross functional product development team that includes Architecture, Infrastructure, and Product Management
- Your primary focus will be on leading the data pipeline, modeling, and populating data schemas within Self Financial's Data Environment for use in business intelligence and data analysis activities.
- Your day-to-day activities will include:
- Collaborating closely with Product Management to translate Self Financial's strategic vision into actionable projects.
- Architecture design, project analysis, work break down and planning.
- Creating Physical and Logical Data Models with large, complex data sets
- Managing data pipeline, ETL/ELT processes using SQL and Python
- Maintaining data lifecycle and quality standards

Who you are:

- 8+ years of experience with database development, database integration, and data analytics tools
- 8+ years of experience designing and implementing complex Data Warehouse and Data Lake data models (Kimball)
- Willingness to embrace the responsibilities of team leadership and accountability for team results
- Proficient in managing Data ETL/ELT with large data sets
- Experience with columnar data structures such as Amazon RedShift
- Familiarity with AWS data warehousing tools
- Experience with common software engineering tools such as Git, JIRA, Confluence and similar platforms
- Familiarity with Apache Airflow and Python
- Excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills

Base salary range: $160,000-195,000 annually.  Individual pay and level is based on factors unique to each candidate, including skill set, experience, and other job-related reasons. Benefits and Perks:

We have the compensation and benefits you expect. But there's one thing that Self Financial can offer that many companies cannot: we can positively change the world, while making a profit. We are a team of Builders, empowering our customers to build their dreams.

Our perks include:

- Company equity in the form of Stock Options
- Performance-based bonuses
- Generous employer-paid health, vision and dental insurance coverage
- Flexible vacation policy
- Educational assistance
- Free gym membership
- Casual dress code
- Team building events and activities
- Hybrid work arrangements/schedules
- Paid parental leave

Self Financial requires all employees hired to successfully pass a background check.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

At this time, we are only able to consider applicants who are U.S. Citizens or Green Card Holders for employment opportunities. We appreciate your understanding.

## About Self Financial

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Self Financial is a credit-building platform that helps people build credit and savings simultaneously through accessible financial products.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series E, raised $127M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: Austin, Texas, United States
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: James Garvey

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Financial Services (Fintech – Credit Building)
- **Target customers**: B2C – individuals with low or no credit history, often underserved by traditional credit systems
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "We believe everyone should have the ability to improve their financial future. We exist to enable people to build credit, build savings, and reach their goals."

## Products & Services
- **Credit Builder Account**: A secured loan that builds credit history and savings simultaneously. Users make monthly payments into a savings account; after the term, the savings are returned. (SaaS/Fintech)
- **Self Visa® Credit Card**: A secured credit card issued by partner banks, designed to help customers build credit through responsible use. (Financial product)
- **Rent & Bills Reporting**: Free reporting of on-time rent payments to three major credit bureaus and utility payments to TransUnion, helping customers boost their credit scores without additional cost. (Feature)
- **Self App**: Mobile app (iOS & Android) for account management, with 250k+ App Store reviews averaging 4.9 stars and 80k+ Google Play reviews averaging 4.6 stars.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue: $85M (LinkedIn estimate); Total Funding: $127M (Series E, Sep 2021, led by Altos Ventures)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Altos Ventures (lead in multiple rounds), Conductive Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners (led Series D). Partners include San Antonio Spurs (Official Credit Building App).
- **Growth Signals**: 4 million customers served; headcount of 341 employees (+10.7% YoY); acquired RentTrack in 2022; operates in 30 countries; strong app store ratings; recognized as a top fintech workplace by American Banker (2020-2022) and Built In Austin (2020, 2022).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Low barrier to entry**: No credit history required to start building credit, addressing the "catch-22" of needing credit to get credit.
- **Dual-benefit model**: Credit Builder Account builds both credit and savings, a unique combination.
- **Free rent & utility reporting**: Differentiator that helps customers improve credit through everyday expenses.
- **High customer satisfaction**: 4.9-star rating on App Store indicates strong product-market fit.
- **Mission-driven focus on financial inclusion** with strong DEI commitment internally.

## Strategic Focus
- Continued innovation in credit-building tools to make financial inclusion more accessible.
- Expansion of reporting features (rent, bills) to further democratize credit building.
- Product development aimed at helping customers achieve larger financial goals (home, car, life).
- Scaling the platform while maintaining high customer satisfaction and regulatory compliance.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: Core values include "Be Your Authentic Self", "Builders First", "Transparency Matters", "Own and Deliver", "Do the Right Thing", and "We're Better Together". Strong emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion with dedicated DEI program and employee resource groups (ERGs).
- **Work Environment**: Hybrid work model based in Austin, TX. Flexible Time Off, paid parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers.
- **Perks**: Healthcare (medical, dental, vision, life, disability, FSA/HSA), 401(k) investment plan, equity incentive plan, wellness programs, professional development reimbursement, reward and recognition programs.
- **Engineering Culture**: Described as having "endless learning opportunities from fellow engineers", continuous learning and skill expansion, and a supportive environment. Active tech stack and engineering roles visible (Staff Data Engineer, Senior DevOps Engineer).
- **Awards**: American Banker’s Best Places to Work in Fintech (2020, 2021, 2022), Built In Austin Best Places to Work (2020, 2022), Austin Inno Fire Awards 2021.
- **Current Openings** (as of search): Staff Data Engineer, Senior Financial Reporting & Technical Accountant, Senior DevOps Engineer, Principal Information Security Engineer, Technical Revenue Accountant, Senior Information Security Engineer.

## Sources
1. [self.inc/careers](https://www.self.inc/careers)
2. [self.inc/about](https://www.self.inc/about)
3. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/selffinancial](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/selffinancial)
4. [linkedin.com/company/self-financial](https://www.linkedin.com/company/self-financial)
5. [self.inc](https://www.self.inc/)

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